Letter about human rights in Xinjiang called groundless effort to smear China
A letter issued by 22 countries criticizing human rights conditions in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region ignores the truth and makes groundless accusations and attempts to smear China, Beijing said on Thursday.
The countries, including Britain, France and Germany, addressed the letter, dated July 8, 2019, to the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the UN high commissioner for human rights.
China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to the letter, and has lodged solemn representations to the countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said.
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